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Do schools discriminate against homosexual parents? Evidence from a randomized correspondence experiment

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    Identifier: imarina:6388721
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6388721
  • Authors:

    Diaz-Serrano L
    Meix-Llop E
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Diaz-Serrano L; Meix-Llop E
    Department: Economia
    URV's Author/s: Díaz Serrano, Luis
    Keywords: Schools Homosexual rights Homosexual parents Discrimination Correspondence field experiment
    Abstract: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The recognition of homosexual rights is a controversial issue in many countries. Spain was the third country in the world (after the Netherlands and Belgium) to introduce a law recognizing homosexual marriage and the adoption of children by homosexual couples. In this paper, we examine for the first time whether schools are more hesitant about giving feedback to homosexual parents during children's pre-registration period in Catalonia (Spain). To do so, we designed a correspondence experiment to be conducted in schools. We created three types of fictitious couples-one heterosexual, one gay, and one lesbian-and sent emails to schools in which the couples' sexual orientation was explicit. Our results show that gay couples had a significantly lower (22 percentage points) call-back probability than heterosexual couples. No statistically significant differences in call-back probability were found between the lesbian and heterosexual couples.
    Thematic Areas: Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Pedagogical & educational research Education & educational research Education Educació Economics and econometrics Economics Economia Ciencias sociales Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 02727757
    Author's mail: luis.diaz@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-9479-5091
    Record's date: 2023-02-19
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775716302989
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Economics Of Education Review. 53 133-142
    APA: Diaz-Serrano L; Meix-Llop E (2016). Do schools discriminate against homosexual parents? Evidence from a randomized correspondence experiment. Economics Of Education Review, 53(), 133-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.06.001
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.06.001
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Economics,Economics and Econometrics,Education,Education & Educational Research
    Schools
    Homosexual rights
    Homosexual parents
    Discrimination
    Correspondence field experiment
    Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia
    Pedagogical & educational research
    Education & educational research
    Education
    Educació
    Economics and econometrics
    Economics
    Economia
    Ciencias sociales
    Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo
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